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Definition of Quoin post

Quoin post
2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, as: (a) (Masonry) to support and steady a stone. (b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling. Hollow quoin. See under Hollow. Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.

Meaning of Quoin post from wikipedia

- in the 2020 census. The area east of Du Quoin is known as Old Du Quoin. In the early 19th century, Du Quoin was near the Lusk's Ferry Road, an important...
- concrete lock in 1926 due to a rupture of the 1876 wooden gate and the quoin post of the west gate of the lock in April 1926. A local contractor, M.E. White...
- tall fluted Corinthian columns. Windows on two levels are articulated by quoin blocks, and the entrance has an elaborate cornice with medallion. The building...
- It is a combination post office and federal office building. It is a two-story tall building, with a brick exterior and quoins at the corners, upon a...
- rusticated base and quoins, great double doors, and high and broad steps, meant to resemble an Italian Renaissance palace. The U.S. Post Office and Courthouse...
- Islanders, writing one off and severely damaging the other. Port Havannah Quoin Hill Airfield  This article incorporates public domain material from the...
- The structures share the same design: a brick facade in Flemish bond, quoins, and limestone ornamentation. All structures were internally connected via...
- through the center of the village, leading north 13 miles (21 km) to Du Quoin and south 6 miles (10 km) to Carbondale. Illinois Route 149 crosses US-51...
- East Tennessee marble. The smooth exterior walls contrast with rusticated quoins at the building's corners. The former courtroom on the third floor is notable...
- with a copper roof. It is pierced at the center by a square cupola with quoins, Doric pilasters at the corners framing six-over-six sash windows and an...